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The Pringles R&D division is really burning their overdrive, churning out more and more series or Pringles. Latest is their Gourmet line-up. I’ve tasted several (see picture, 2 kinda import, one regular already in stores).

The reason why I can review them all in one go is because they’re all some kinda exotic far reaching flavor, that just doesn’t titilate the tastebuds like the regular flavors do. Some flavors are too sharp, some too soft, and some others just don’t have a full body. For the occasional hunger, it’s okay, but it’s definitely not like the ones in the addictive range of the regular series.6.

Many people know I’m blind as a bat without my contacts or glasses. What people don’t know, is that I get an almost microscopic sight for it back (focal point and stuff), though I have to get my eye really really close to the object. So when I got up and look my lil’ niece in the eye I saw something, and thought about how well the macro-mode of my aging digital camera would capture my eye sight from up close.

Click on the picture for a bigger shot, and try to guess what Cheyenne is exactly doing.

This icon will indicate if I have answered the K-uestions yet

I know my math can be a little bit rusty, but here I have two drink, from the same company:

But look at how they do THEIR math ?

“What kinda scary abbreviation is that ?” you might ask yourself. Don’t bother googling it. I just found out I was suffering it (guess I never looked at my arms that carefully during shower, or I just showered for the first time this summer). Either way, I needed to name it, so, in full it’s Car Driver Discoloration Syndrome.
Here’s a picture:

Basically, it’s the discoloration of the left arm (darker tone than the right arm), due to it hanging out the car window during sunny weather. I wonder if other people suffer from it too, or that I’m the only one. Maybe I should setup a discussion group, or an online forum. How to live with such a disgraceful abomination ? And if it turns out the be global, do the crazy Brits need their own abbreviation (rCDDS, as in reversed CDDS, so you know which arm is in play here) ?

In reply to a comment on my previous post why I was surfing on that site. Well, I got one free lottery ticket in one of those Christmas gift packages, so I signed up and actually never took the time to sign off (write an official letter and stuff). So now, for €8.50 per month, I hope that 50% goes to good charity, as the website assures me.
But the website is up and running again, and behold this page:

Send me that prize certificate soon (the sooner the better, summer might be over before we know it), so I can collect my delicate prize, probably half a liter of Ben & Jerry’s Karamel Sutra !

A new website eh ? And they’re even willing to detail all the new improvements ?

Et voila, here’s the improvement:

Anywayz, can’t check if I won anything this month, I mean, c’mon, isn’t it about time ? Even Bernoulli’s Principle combined with the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle says I should’ve won at least 18 times by now.

AND FOR YOU GEEKS: NO, I don’t use IE, it’s just nicer for screenshot purposes.

Wow, look at this recent study about criminal profiling in this lil’ country. The only relevant line in this report is actually this: “Aziaten komen verhoudingsgewijs weinig in aanraking met justitie. “. It just means, my mob cousins are doing their work at an efficient and ninja-stealthy like manner. Way to go, cous’.

After expanding their excellent crispy chips line with some light versions, they’re expanding once again. This time it’s their Rice Infusion series, which may or may not surprise you, infuses rice into their usual Pringles mix, making the chips absorb 30% less fat.

Flavors coming out will all be the same as the regular Pringles, so taste-wise, you know what to expect. The base, however, has changed a tiny bit (and with that, only a tad of the flavor), and you’ll notice it mostly on the much denser texture. The rice makes the chips harder and you have to chew a little bit more.
So, for the weight watchers out there, you can eat more now ! For the rest of us, just stick with the regular series.

“I used to act dumb. It was an act.” In-direct quote from Paris Hilton, from an in-jail phone conversation with Barbara Walters.
I wonder if she filed “night-vision home videos” under the category “dumb”. If she did, the world will never be the same again.

A few more days, and you could’ve caught the newest, first Wii online game ever Mario Strikers Charged if you were just standing beneath the window of my house. I was on the verge of throwing it out the window (with a humiliating online score of 0 – 10, ranked somewhere near 300.000, with no living being in the near vicinity).
Today though, I’ve won 2 games (4 sets), so I’ve just decided to keep this game just a bit longer. Only time will tell if I just beat the two people coincidentally ranked 300.001 and 300.002, or that the extra practice against the computer paid off (including reading the booklet, which had 2 pretty important moves not shown in the in-game tutorials).

Another chapter of The Dangerous Belgian Bought, Swiss Made Utensil story. Unlike last time, which was a slice of meat from my left index finger, this time it’s a deep cut in my right thumb. That’s mainly because even though it’s just a utensil, it’s so sharp, I use it to chop everything, from meat to veggies, to wood, concrete, hardened steel and industrial diamonds. Apparently, I keep forgetting the “AWAY” part of the chopping motion. Time to up my life insurance level.

Summer has already come and gone (maybe it will come back, maybe it will not, you can’t be really sure !). Still, I’ll review no less than 4 new flavors of ice cream I’ve come across:

Magnum Ecuador Dark: The usual Magnum (vanilla ice cream), with only the jacket made from pure chocolat (67% cacao). To be honest, it doesn’t taste that pure, and the difference with the regular Magnum is not distinct enough. That being said, of course the regular Magnum is no treat I’m saying no to.7½.

Magnum Colombia Aroma: This is a coffee flavored Magnum, both jacket (crunchy caramel sugar bits in the coating) and ice cream have it. The flavor is strong enough, but it’s not really new. This was actually already done in 2005, from the 5 Senses series, then also named Aroma, ‘cept the crunched coffee beans in the coating have been replaced with the sugar bits. And that’s actually an improvement (more tasteful). For coffee lovers, this will give you the caffeine rush in ice cream format.8½.

Nestlé Extrême MYSTÈRE Coco CÅ“ur Chocolat: As the name might suggest, it’s probably imported from France, as any Dutch scribings are minimal and mostly focuses on the packaging (actually saying the carton box is easy to open !). 4 Individual packaged dessert sized ice cream scoops, the picture looks more mouth watering than the real deal does. This one, translated is ice cream with a coconut scrapings jacket and chocolat core. There’s no contrast in texture, as the coconut is soft, and the ice cream can be considered too milky. The chocolat used inside is a watery sugar mix, and doesn’t do real chocolat justice. While not gag-inducing, it’s probably not something you should buy because of the enticing package. Better get yourself the familiar Bounty Ice Cream instead.5½.

Nestlé Extrême MYSTÈRE Vanille CÅ“ur Meringue: As with above, the colors on the package have been highly distorted to make you wanna try this, but in this case, I don’t mind. The vanilla ice cream is really extremely vanilla flavored, and the meringue core (basically, sugar, AGAIN, but in another form) and sugary nut crisp (the one also used on the side of cakes) is sweet enough to induce a diabetes attack. This is truly for the people with a sweet tooth the size of a basket ball (me !). The combination though, makes it a bit addictive, so better keep a few insuline shot at hand.9-.

We finally have a weapon in hand, we can fight back. Years of deception from the female crowd with their push-up wonderbra’s. All men click here and order your retaliation !

You’ve heard’m, probably. Skype’s founders gone Internet TV. Skype has always been fun (even though I have it installed, I barely use it. Then again, that could be the lack of friends, not the program itself). But this Joost thingy, I had to check out. Rolling into the beta stage, I don’t mind either. Be it Gmail, or a new Windows version, I’ll try it for ya.
But with Joost, something else is going on. The first step into the beta process, I downloaded a non-functional program (it kept spitting out something about a network error). Now WEEKS later, the program (a new download) works and and the actual sign-up process could be finished.
But now, the actual TV viewing still isn’t working. The channel list is only filled with a fraction of what’s been promised. And the list goes on and on and on, even though I like the snappy flashy user interface.
So, there’s an elaborate Invite Friends widget built-in, even with a status list, where you can keep track which friends have activated their invite. Lemme tell you, I’ll spare you the annoying COMING UP screen. I’ll spare you the waiting for the black screen. I’ll spare you the worst Beta experience ever (even Windows Vista in its earliest stages, as slow as it was, did function). Don’t believe the hype, just keep on torrenting. It’s not like I had time to watch third or fourth grade TV reject programs anyway.

I just had a private call with God, and of course, the subject weather came up. Let me assure you, it’s only temporary. Something about a glitch in the Weather Machine. Faulty memory module or something. Still, even after it has been replaced, the schedule for the coming months looks like this: Summer till at least late June. July, winter starts. But behold, summer starts again in October. After that, the normal schedule will merge slowly, with a full schedule restoration by January 2008.
This is probably very depressive news for the doomsday thinkers, because it IS NOT global warming at work !